Hostage forum calls for a comprehensive deal that will see all captives freed

People protest for the release of hostages held in Gaza outside the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, January 5, 2025 (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
People protest for the release of hostages held in Gaza outside the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, January 5, 2025 (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

After a Saudi outlet publishes a list of the 34 hostages to be freed in the first phase of a potential deal, the Hostages and Missing Families Forum calls for an agreement that will see all of the captives released.

“The families of the hostages are shaken and upset by the list published this morning,” the forum says. “We call on the media and the public to show sensitivity and responsibility regarding the publication of this and other such things until a deal is signed, and also during it.”

“The time is ripe for a comprehensive agreement that will return all the hostages – the living for healing, and the murdered and fallen for a proper burial. We are leaving no one behind!” the group says.

The list published by a Saudi outlet this morning does not detail who is alive.

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